Effects of nasal-airway volume and body temperature on intranasal chemosensitivity.
Interrelations between intranasal detection sensitivity for odor (H2S) and pain (CO2), nasal-airway volume (acoustic rhinometry), and body temperature were studied in young, healthy men across the diurnal cycle. The results showed a weak but statistically significant negative correlation between nasal volume and odor threshold and a weak but positive correlation between body temperature and odor threshold.
Nordin
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Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Sweden.
Lötsch
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Kobal
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Murphy
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D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*